New York Observer Defends This Blog

Posted by chainsaw under ct film industry, this blog

(Robert Durst)

Back in June this here little blog had an item on “All Good Things,” a drama starring Ryan Reynolds and Kirsten Dunst that was filming in New Milford and Waterbury.

I reported that the movie was based on the life of troubled real estate heir Robert Durst.

From the original post, which I later revised (tell me this won’t make a great movie):

“. . . the movie is apparently about the early 80s disappearance of Kathleen McCormack, wife of Robert Durst, of the Manhattan real estate dynasty.

Her disappearance and the ensuing investigations took more turns than a James Ellroy novel. Among the highlights:

A New York City detective (after retiring I believe) looked into the case, as did the New York State Troopers over in Somers, N.Y. who poked around a lake in Lewisboro in the late 90s, if I remember correctly.

(The troopers’ press clippings allegedly set off an internal struggle for the spotlight with then Westchester D.A./former media darling Jeanine Pirro)

A person with (potential) information about the cold case was murdered in 2000, just before investigators were scheduled to chat with her.

Durst, never charged in connection to his wife’s disappearance, was charged with killing his elderly neighbor and chopping him up into pieces.

He was on the run from authorities for a short time and was taken into custody after being spotted disguised as a woman.

Durst was found innocent.”

That post got me into hot water with the “All Good Things” publicist, who called me a few times and sent me a few e-mails saying my information was 100 percent dead wrong, and that “All Good Things” was not, NOT about the Durst saga.

I revised my first post and then posted the publicist’s statement.

Well, The New York Observer just came to my defense.

“Sources confirmed that the film is indeed based on the Durst family, despite earlier assertions to the contrary. In June, the movie industry blog, Hollywood Chainsaw, was reprimanded by a publicist for the film:”

Amy, a publicist from “All Good Things,” (which filmed recently in New Milford and Waterbury) sent me an e-mail Monday explaining the film’s plot. She said that info previously posted on this here blog, which said the movie is based on the Robert Durst saga (obtained from the CT Film Division Web site), is incorrect.

 

“Amy is the one who appears to have been incorrect. The next day, a little-noticed post on The New York Times City Room blog reported that the film is indeed based on the Robert Durst story . . .”

Score one for me! Where you at, publicist Amy?!?!?!?

And waht????

HCB(er) EXCLUSIVE: Plague Town

Posted by chainsaw under ct film industry, movies, this blog

 (That means it’s important!) 

 What’s with this giant photo, you ask? 

 It’s the NYC premiere of “Plague Town,” 

 A HOLLYWOOD CHAINSAW BLOGGER EXCLUSIVE!

“Plague Town,” a new horror film from Dark Sky Films, had its U.S. premiere Thursday night at Cinema Village in New York City — and HOLLYWOOD CHAINSAW BLOGGER WAS THERE! ! !

Pictured above is writer/director David Gregory with Brian Spears, of G&S Effects, who helped with some of the horror flick’s gore effects.

“Plague Town” was one of many movies filmed in Connecticut in 2007, thanks to the state’s film production tax credit.

Scenes were filmed in and around Hamden, along with some spooky locales up in Torrington and the northwest corner.

The cast and crew is dotted with CT talent.

The plot, according to the Dark Sky Web site:

The film tells the tale of a dysfunctional family’s vacation to the Irish countryside that encounters a village of diseased, deformed and decidedly homicidal residents.

It’s Gregory’s first foray into feature films, but he’s an established documentarian . . .

HEY, WAIT A MINUTE.

I’m a blogger, which means this post has to be about ME and my ULTRA-EXCLUSIVE NEWS YOU CAN’T GET ANYWHERE ELSE.

That’s right — after just three months on the ol’ Internet, HOLLYWOOD CHAINSAW BLOGGER was invited to a NYC movie premiere! ! !

Uh, unfortunately, I (actually, in the great blogger tradition of ego puffing, let’s make that) WE didn’t actually get to see “Plague Town.”

It was sold out, and the nervous theater manager didn’t want us standing in the back.

So while the movie screened I went to Union Square, ground zero of NYU student hipsters.

(What happened to the days when the East Village was an open-air market fueled by zombies, drag queens and pick pockets? Now they give out IPhones and ascots at the entrance to Union Square Park. Thankfully, one guy from Nigeria hit me up for a cigarette. He was, undoubtedly, a male prostitute.)

So, I can’t tell ya whether the movie’s any good . . . but when I wandered back to the theater at about 11, the departing audience seemed psyched.

Well, there you have it. EXCLUSIVE!

While I did not manage to get a seat in the theater, I did get photos of the cast and crew and added them to my Flickr stream.

I’m a LAMB!

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Hey, check it out, this blog is now a member of the Large Association of Movie Blogs!

This is the best thing that’s happened to this blog since finally getting listed on CTWeblogs.com! That took three months and I had to give them Online Editor Keith Whamond’s only copy of the “Miami Vice” soundtrack (MCA Records, 1986, “Crocket’s Theme” is the best track).

All LAMB (or LARGEASS) members receive a pension, health insurance and six months of Netflix free!

Naturally, I’m psyched!

Woo hoo!

Whatsa matta, you wish you were me?!

PS: That stuff about member benefits is total malarkey